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DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATION: OCTOBER 1
Applicants will generally be chosen during their fourth year of medical school for the full six-year program, including a general surgery internship. We participate in the early match program through the American Urological Association (AUA) residency matching program. Applicants do not need to apply separately to General Surgery, but do need to register with the NRMP and be assigned a match number to ensure a spot in the General Surgery Department (details will be provided). Fourth year medical student applicants must have the following qualifications:
- Candidate for the degree of MD or DO from an approved medical school in the United States or Canada
- Foreign medical graduates who are citizens of the US must have been certified by the Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates or have completed a fifth pathway program
- Graduates of medical schools in Canada or Puerto Rico are treated as American medical school graduates.
Applicants who have completed the initial general surgery training elsewhere must have the above plus certifications of completion of a general surgery internship. They should have either a current California Physician and Surgeon license, or a letter acknowledging registration with the California State Board of Examiners pending the next Board Examination. Such applicants should realize that spots in years PGYII and above open up only rarely.
Application Process, Interviews and Inquiries
We participate in the ERAS on-line application system, which can be accessed through the American Medical Association web site.
ERAS is usually open for data input in early August of each year. Your medical school Student Affairs or Dean’s office should be able to help you with questions about using the ERAS system. Our application deadline is OCTOBER 1ST. All material except the Dean’s letter must be in ERAS by that time in order for your application to be considered.
Personal interviews are required as part of the application process, and are offered by invitation only. Interviews will be scheduled all day on selected Thursdays (8:00 AM - 7:30 PM) from early October through the first week of January. Decisions about interviews are made once the application is complete, usually no later than early October. Because those decisions are made before the Dean’s letters go out, we request that applicants send undergraduate school transcript to the Department (These may be copies rather than certified documents, and may be sent by mail or e-mail to the address below). The office can also answer any questions you may have about the application process:
Eila C. Skinner, MD
Program Director, Department of Urology
USC Keck School of Medicine
1441 Eastlake Avenue, Suite 7416
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Attn: Adriana Cassani
Phone: (323) 865-3705
Fax (323) 865-0120
Email: cassani@usc.edu
Please submit the application through ERAS at your earliest convenience. We would like to receive completed application materials no later than October 1 (including transcripts and letters of support). We understand that many of the supporting documents and especially the Dean's letter will not be available until later, but we will begin making decisions about who to offer interviews by mid-to-late September. Applications completed by that time will be reviewed first.
If you have questions about the programs or the application process, please contact Adriana Cassani at (323) 865-3705.
Further information regarding USC residency programs and the application process may be obtained through the LAC+USC Office of Graduate Medical Education (GME)
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